Successful nonsurgical removal of a knotted and entrapped pulmonary artery catheter.
Knotting of a balloon-tipped, flow-directed catheter leading to difficulty in its removal is a rare but serious complication. Several methods have been used to remove such catheters with nonsurgical techniques. A case of knotted catheter that was also entrapped in a surgical suture in a patient undergoing emergency mitral valve replacement is presented and a method for its nonsurgical removal is described.
Mehta
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Department of Anaesthesiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Lochab
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Tempe
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Trehan
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Nigam
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D000328:Adult; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic